GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| malediction | curse |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |